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  • CA: Mass eviction to Mexico in 1930s spurs apology

    12/29/2005 7:32:57 PM PST · by calcowgirl · 25 replies · 700+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | December 28, 2005 | Peter Hecht
    Up to 2 million people of Mexican ancestry were relocated to Mexico during the 1930s, even though as many as 1.2 million were born in the United States. In California, some 400,000 Latino United States citizens or legal residents were forced to leave. Now California, for its part, wants to say it is sorry. On Sunday, Senate Bill 670 - the so-called "Apology Act for the 1930s Mexican Repatriation Program" - becomes official. It acknowledges the suffering of tens of thousands of Latino families unjustly forced out of the Golden State that was their home. "The state of California apologizes...
  • CA: Immigrants sent home - 1932

    08/26/2005 1:26:39 PM PDT · by BurbankKarl · 25 replies · 698+ views
    Photo shows a crowd of 1400 Mexicans at Central Station when they departed today for their old homes in Mexico. The families, with their babies, guitars, blankets, shawls and bundles, left on three special Southern Pacific trains chartered by Los Angeles County, which set aside about $15,000 to aid them in their repatriation. Officials estimated that this sum spent on transportation would be recovered within six weeks in savings on charity. Photo dated: January 14, 1932.